The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-02-09
TALK FROM DUO WEST.
WHICH WILL INTEREST EV-
EgY EGADER.

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DE WEST February :, 1857.
There arc several ciiSTS OF rcSco!a III town
The measles have Suh>idCtl.
Miss Annie Emerson mas returned from the
Wiiliamslon Female College, whittier Sic
went some time since.
Mrs i. G.. ;:rGwnrc Is ha"ing her flower
ward ovcr'aulrl and b2arti;i:Hi.
;, Tho li;.lc ioisS had quite an rniovahle time
} al Mr. J. +. U';!Iiouns on Friday evening.
Mr. Arch. Kennedy made big horse trade
, last week.
One of our prosperous farmers sold flrcbaieS
oi cotton here last week at S74. There is said
to he :, "no dG"l! in tn" country yet.
! Dr. Cannon from near WiliiamSfOn, brought
Two daughters 20 thc Female College last
Monday. they board with Mr.. sullivan.
The crave Of little Kittic A1cDavid has occn
! neatly enclosed.
Mr. purlct. the marble cutter, is doing some
nice work. lie has recently rnt M some
beautiful monuments for Mr. j. T.. Todd, :,
\ The So;!md OF the hammer is beard all
around u.s. in the repair Of the garden anIl
yard fences. Some new fences arc being built
Dr.. Widcman and Mr.. w. 2. Kennedy went
TO Anderson recently to buy mules, Mr.. J 4.
darkness also spent q day in that town on
business.
Since the public school ut the College has
= opened quite plumber OF new pupils nave
hrcn enrolled. We expect 10 near go0d re-
ports from the school.
! In the absence of Rav. Dr Pressy, last sun
day morning, his pulpit was ocrn2icd by iiav.
DR.. Bnycc. The Doctor CAV" us one OF his eX-
. ccl!cnt sermons on the subject, "The Love oi
/ God"
Rev. !. y. Young is having his new cottage
on cleveland street nain;cO. 1t will soon t;H
ready for occupancy. and Will be quite an adj
! dit ION 10 tllt part OF illh town.
Mr. Edwin Cal;iorn. OF Mnntcry. Sn"nt last
Sunday with his brother here. Mr.. Calhoun
has q son in f;rSki"".
| The Missionary Society meeting last Thurs.
iday evening WAS well attended and the cNcT-
ci>2S were quite interesting. NOR %! me pen-
PIE shonti attend. They wouiG find i! instruc-
! ono of the most encouraging signs of the
times may he seen hy looking out on the
streets and noting the absence OF cur uSiH!
! Uuoin Of loaicrs. Even the "hard Gases" are
| not to be seen.
Miss ljarcaS ITcnry returned from Green's
bnvo, Ga, lest Tuesday. She Is resting from
f! the artlrotlS duties Of the school room.
| E!r. Sterile B'irc and his sist"r Mrs: Fannie
! Nci' i'nr,l are expected in Due West this week.
The latter will MAKE her home with her
mother. Mrs. Anna NJ. Bricc.
! Ms Minerva Bell. wife Of Mr.. y. y. ii"li or
the Level Land section, died last Thursday.
:S!lc haG measles, AMI rc!an>cd. She was -
consistent mcmbcr Of the !;tnt isl church, ana
her remains were entered il the Lite HlHer
'':Iis'' Mrs. i. +. Rlaisc returned to her homo in
!, Greenwood LIST Monday.
! Mr. J. o. Bell, Of Charlotte. y. c.. was IN
! town last week. He came to Scc his sick
/ mother ard only reached here in ;Sne 10 see
! ncr brl,,rc she died. lie returned 10 Char
! lUi:c on SatuidnN.
in town las; Thursday. He called on the
typos in the P'e>dmcri,m o:hcc a"d learned
the different S;2"s and STYLES Of type, and TOOK
4 lu,k at the nttlr r:%inr.
In ron Il,iit his neat work ShOn III
about three DAYS. ~ thus rate we Will s"on
I have Il small birmingham.
| II seems ;hai one Of eur young ladies' mas
been rcrdin. her Bible Very carefully. In an
! argument few days Sincc on tu" question,
"Mhrh are III" harric>t. the rich or IN"
DOor?" she sustained her S;d" ot tnr arEn-
/ nCnt by ~" Gul!owlng quotation. 81 l"nh>ic:
+! for II camel tn 20 throuth the eye of needle
than for n rich man to enter the King
dom OF h"avrn.
/ An ur,i,ual scene on our streets wa seen
Saturday cvrrin%. TwO horS"S attached 10 Il
/ pn:"ton wrn5 dashing through town without
Il driver. T!ey wcr" storWr! however, with
on: Scr!orS damage to horses Or ph;Cton. MI.
! j. T.. TuId feeds too mu"h corn.
/ The literary Club me: Friday evening nj
/ the hr.n!tIhlr mansion OF Sir. II. i. Mctirr.
Eu,hiu. Gf special note was tranS:cf"d. fe'
trc<im"nls were served and ali present en-
Ii"ycd themselves. The next meeting VIII be
held at the residence OF Mrs. u. Il. .irirr.
! i.r William I'M, of AbhrrilIc, is attending
college here. Nbbrville should send more oi
tuiiO:l<. pTc West cntcrta'nS only The kind
lirSt frcliI"S towards -ibwv!ll". ana gives
her liberal patronage and no better induce
meats are offered elsewhere in educational
matters than here.
! The town council should have more than
ono we'll dug. Thr pIiur dumb hrGt"S thai
clmc here would thaGi; them If their Nrchcti
Tongues could he cooled i'll the summer rom
Que of these fountains. y well Is needed in
the western part Of The town as much as the
or" near the pest Office. -
! The next literary treat In store for lu" NcSt
i to take Islacr IN the celebration in Inc fn-
rhcrI:au Society. on the 18Th inst. The io.-
lowing voting men will participates: n. ii.
! Rni,i1un President: j. II. Sioatr, senior ora
tor: l.. q. Phillips and j. j. NJ Her, senior t!c-
htirrS; J. II. Garrison and J. il. Edwards.
Junior tchatrr: VI. W. bradley and u i.
! I,i!lcr SnnhnmOr" drclaimrrS: j. -. Noiiatt
ard !. ii Whit" freshman drcla!mrrS
Prof !. Il. Miller conGllrtrd the SUNDAY
evening PRAYER meeting yesterday in the !
Il. G. A., hail. He favored lis with an excel
lent address.
In caHlinm ahnu: for some one tn p""arh inc
burCl li:,Ilr";tic SrrInOn at tie approaching
commencement, the graduating CLASSES oI thr
two colleges; .cl"ctcr, the i:"v. ras. y. Stake
~, of C!inr,rsi0n. And il is with nuch pleas
u,r that hey ,lpv" learned of his nrccDiancr.
Mr. S;akciy, though quit" II y""nS ial1. Is
the l:lslor Oc the Cita!"l Square lHrtiSi
church, al Cn"Il"stnn, ;n'l IS held in the Tcry
Eial,c.t c<tv"r by his people. Hc has 4 wiut
rruutn:inn aS I'm excellent 3rcachrr, Il fluent
Sjfrai:rr, :is vel rs Il Enc orator.
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